Early Cold War

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    Yalta Conference

  • United States first used atomic bomb in war

  • Russia enters war against Japan

  • Japaneses surrenders, ending World War 11

  • Winston Churchill delivers "iron Curtain" speech

  • Truman announces Truman Doctrine

  • Marshall Plan is announced

  • Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

  • Berlin Blockade begins

  • NATO treaty rarified

  • Berlin Blockade ends